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Issue 3, 4th Quarter 2011 |
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Message from Executive Director
Dear Members and Friends of the Foundation,
 The holidays are upon us, and here's hoping that some folks will be eating Alaskan seafood for the holidays along with the traditional fare of turkey and ham. As we get ready for the holidays and hopefully some time off with family and friends, the business of the Alaska fishing industry continues. AFDF is busy writing and submitting grant proposals for a diverse array of projects; from intermediate halibut excluder panels for trawl nets to fishing vessel energy audits.
We're able to focus more attention on pursuing funding due to adding a new Development Director to our staff. Ms. Julie Decker, from Wrangell, joined AFDF in October to help AFDF raise our profile and procure grant funding for more projects to benefit the industry. She's been busy with at least 3 proposals in already. Please join us in welcoming Julie aboard.
We co-sponsored the session on Fishing Vessel Energy Audits at the Pacific Marine Expo in November in Seattle with Terry Johnson of the Alaska Marine Advisory Program, Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association, Alaska Groundfish Databank and Marine Conservation Alliance. Terry worked with Reg Wren of Elliot Bay Design Group to present a basic template and questionnaire for a fishing vessel owner to fill out to calculate baseline fuel and energy consumption. AFDF has received considerable input from members of our board of directors as well as our membership that this is an important issue to pursue grant funding for, and we have submitted a proposal to NPRB for further work.
In this newsletter, we spotlight our founding board member, Mr. Al Burch of Kodiak, who helped form what was then the Alaska Fisheries Development Corporation in June of 1978. The name was changed to Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation in July of 1979 to reflect more of the "service to industry" function that AFDF was founded upon.
We look forward to seeing you at our 19th Annual Alaska Symphony of Seafood February 2nd in Seattle and February 10th in Anchorage for the Gala Soiree @ the Grand Ballroom of the Anchorage Hilton hotel.
Happy holiday season!
Yours Truly,
James Browning |
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AFDF "Sustainability" News
By James Browning
Salmon Certification Update
AFDF assumed MSC certification of Alaska salmon in February 2010 from Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). Since that time, AFDF has conducted site visits for the 2nd (2009), 3rd (2010) and 4th (2011) Annual Surveillance Audits (ASA) and has also scheduled the site visit for the 2nd Recertification for January 23rd - 25th, 2012.
Considerable progress has been made during this time towards closing out most of the 70 conditions that were written up for the fishery during its 1st Recertification in 2007. A "condition" is written for a fishery when any performance indicator scores below 80. AFDF, working closely with ADF&G, has closed out 51 conditions, leaving 19 outstanding conditions that mostly deal with hatchery/wild stock interactions.
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Pacific Cod Certification Update
The 1st Annual Surveillance Audit is completed for Alaska Pacific cod is completed and was conducted simultaneously with the site visit for Alaska pollock and Alaska Flatfish.The certifier, also Intertek Moody Marine (IMM), and the assessment team comprised of Dr. Jake Rice, DFO - Atlantic Canada, Dr. Don Bowen, DFO - Atlantic Canada, and Dr. Susan Hanna, OSU faculty, attended two days of excellent presentations by AFSC staff in May.
Although this certification has far less conditions than the salmon certification, close communication with the various gear types and sectors seems to be more difficult, so that certain relatively simple conditions are taking more attention than they should to get closed out. We need information from the different gear types on location and amount of lost gear, in order to meet one of the remaining conditions. The P cod 1st Annual Audit report is posted and available on the MSC website.
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From AFDF "Lodestar" Newsletter Archive
October 1979
What is the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act of 1954?
  This act directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer annually to the Secretary of Commerce, from funds made available under the terms of section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 612c) an amount equal to 30 percent of the gross receipts from customs duties collected on fisheries products. Such funds are to be maintained in a separate fund and used by the Secretary for three purposes. Continue reading
2011 Update on S-K Funds |
Dates for the 19th Annual Alaska Symphony of Seafood Set
By James Browning
Judging event and reception for their 19th Annual Alaska Symphony of Seafood new products contest will be held in Seattle on Thursday, February 2, 2012, followed by Gala Soirée and Awards Ceremony in Anchorage on Friday, February 10, 2012.
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AFDF Member Spotlight 
By John Van Amerongen
Al Burch,
AFDF Board Member # 1
...Decades of service and sage advice
"Here's the Marigold, our first commercial shrimp boat," says Al Burch, taking a stroll down Memory Lane in his Kodiak office, cluttered with all manner of memorabilia. "It was built in 1898 as a sailing yacht. It was owned by Rex Beach (author of The Silver Horde) at one time, and silent film actress Clara Bow. When we bought it, we converted to one of the first shrimp boats. That had to be 1959. Eventually we had the Marigold, the Celtic, the Endeavor and the Vida."
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Ian Fisk, President
F/V Morgan Anne
Catcher-Processor Region I
Richard Mullins, Vice President
Scientific Fishery Systems
Mark Scheer,
Secretary/Treasurer
Young & deNormandie, P.C.
John van Amerongen
Trident Seafoods Corporation
Alvin Burch
Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association
Charter Member since 1978
Mark Chandler
F/V Topaz
Bart Cox
Ocean Beauty Seafoods, Inc.
Jan Jacobs
American Seafoods Company
Ken Simpson
F/V Lady Simpson
Larry Soriano
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Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation
By Mail:
431 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 106
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
By Phone:
907-276-7315
Via Fax:
907-276-7311
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Sincerely, James Browning
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation |
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